Riggle, an actor and comedian who hosted the ESPYs, made fun of Busch’s run-ins with other drivers and the media this year.

Dancia Patrick, with Steve Nash, also was a presenter at the ESPYs. (AP Photo)

Busch was fined and placed on probation in May for driving recklessly through Ryan Newman’s pit box at Darlington and igniting a scuffle with Newman’s crew on pit road. He was suspended for a race in June for threatening Sporting News reporter Bob Pockrass and is on probation through the remainder of the season.

“I like an athlete with some edge,” Riggle said. “Like NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is always getting into trouble, getting into scuffles off the track and having it out with the media off the track.

“But in fairness, he always apologizes—a class act.”

Riggle then showed a “Kurt Busch apology letter” on a video screen. The letter, which was scribbled in crayon on a place mat from Jackie’s Slop House, read: “Dear Brain Dead Hippies of the Media elite, Suck it! Sincerely, Kurt Busch. P.S. Suck it some more.”